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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
715 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 

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715 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007 

...100 YEARS OF OKLAHOMA WEATHER...

IN CELEBRATION OF OKLAHOMA'S CENTENNIAL YEAR... HERE IS A LOOK AT 
WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS DATE OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS. 

A MAGNITUDE 3.8 EARTHQUAKE SHOOK PARTS OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ON THE 
EVENING OF APRIL 11, 1952. THIS TREMOR, CENTERED IN SOUTHEASTERN 
CANADIAN COUNTY, MIGHT BE CONSIDERED AN AFTERSHOCK TO THE MAGNITUDE 
5.0 QUAKE THAT SHOOK THE SAME AREA TWO DAYS EARLIER, ON APRIL 9TH. 
ACCORDING TO THE OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, THE MAGNITUDE 5 QUAKE 
IS THE STRONGEST OKLAHOMA EARTHQUAKE ON RECORD. TWO ADDITIONAL, 3.8 
AFTERSHOCKS, WOULD HIT THE SAME AREA FOUR DAYS LATER, ON THE NIGHT 
OF APRIL 15TH.
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OKLAHOMA WEATHER HISTORY...VISIT OUR 
WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN.

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